The
EU agency intended to play a key role ensuring the security and resilience
of communication networks and information systems has been attacked by MPs
for a "lack of vision, focus and flexibility" and its "inappropriate
location" in Iraklion.
A House
of Commons European Committee
report says the
European Network and
Information Security Agency (Enisa) is
impaired by an "uneasy relationship" between its board and its executive,
and cannot be relocated to a more central location - where it would be
easier to attract top quality staff and influence other bodies - because the
decision on where it was sited was political. |
A letter from the
Department for
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR)
said Brussels had made it clear
“this is not an issue that can be addressed in the review process" and that
the geographic difficulties would have to be managed by the agency.
All the European
Commission was prepared to do was call for better air links.
DBERR said it "would not pretend that Crete would have
prominent in our thinking for a location" but it was a "clear decision of
heads of state and government" that where it was located was a matter for
Greece.
Enisa’s job is to analyse current and emerging risks to the
resilience of electronic communications and develop common methodologies to
strengthen security, enhance awareness and co-operation. |
